Chelsea analysis: Cesc Fabregas joins 300 club in style as Fernando Llorente proves transfer credentials

Chelsea moved 11 points clear at the top of the Premier League with a hard-fought 3-1 win over Swansea.

Cesc Fabregas scored on his 300th Premier League appearance, but Fernando Llorente equalised on the stroke of half-time.

Pedro scored Chelsea's second when his shot deceived Swansea's goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski and Diego Costa added a late third as Antonio Conte's men won a 12th successive home game.

Simon Johnson assesses the key talking points for Chelsea...

A day to remember for Fabregas

The only change Antonio Conte made to the starting line-up that drew against Burnley in Chelsea's last League game was Fabregas for Matic.

For Fabregas, it was a great occasion. It was his 300th Premier League appearance and he marked it with a well taken goal in the first half.

That was not his only contribution as the Spain international bossed midfield and was at the hub of Chelsea's best moves. He also hit the bar in the second half.

Chelsea fans have been pleading for Fabregas to get more game time at Matic's expense lately and he certainly justified his inclusion.

But for Matic, who struggled at Burnley, it would have made worrying viewing as Conte may now decide that Fabregas will start more matches next to N'Golo Kante now.

Granted Matic came on as a late substitute, yet it was a defensive substitution to try and see out the win.

Llorente shows just why Chelsea wanted to sign him

There was a little tension in Conte's voice in his pre-match press conference when he was asked about Chelsea's attempt to acquire the Swansea striker last month.

"This is the past," he replied, which for Conte is as strong a confirmation as you will get that the story, which was reported by the Evening Standard, was true.

He spoke about his admiration for the Spain forward, who played under him at Juventus in his last Serie A title win in 2012, and that Chelsea had come up with a plan to negate his threat in the air.

It clearly didn't work as Llorente was left unmarked deep in first half injury time to head home Gylfi Sigurdsson's free kick.

But his movement and hold up play was good all afternoon and gave Chelsea defenders a problem throughout.

Conte saw Llorente as a better back-up for Diego Costa than Michy Batshuayi and here it was clear for all to see why.

But Swansea did the right thing by rejecting their advances as he will be key to their hopes of staying up.

Clement almost hurts his former club

There were many experts who questioned the wisdom of Swansea employing Clement last month.

After all, he may have been a great assistant to Carlo Ancelotti at several clubs over the years, including at Chelsea when they won the Double in 2010, but he failed when in the hot seat at Derby.

Since Clement has been at the Welsh club though their fortunes have improved markedly.

With former Chelsea midfielder Claude Makelele working alongside him, Swansea are far more organised than they were before the turn of the year.

They used to be easy to score against, not so now as the men in white harried and pressed Chelsea whenever in possession.

Clement enjoyed many happy memories at Stamford Bridge, but his celebration for Llorente's equaliser was as passionate as they get.

Even though things didn't go his way late on in the second half, there was much for him to be satisfied with for the tests to come.

Chelsea have still to replace Lampard

Not surprising really, it was never going to be the easiest task in the world to fill the void left by arguably the club's greatest player.

On tough afternoons like this, Lampard, who scored a record 211 goals in a blue shirt, often made the difference.

Unfortunately for Chelsea, he was sitting in the stands as a guest of honour today rather than on the pitch.

He came down briefly at half-time to get the acclaim from the fans, but that was his only contribution as far as events on the field were concerned.

Lampard left the club after 13 years in 2014 and Chelsea have yet to find another midfielder that can provide a similar threat.

Granted they won the game and are in charge of the title race anyway, but Conte must wish he could find a Lampard mark two somewhere in the transfer market this summer.

If you can't be good, be lucky

Chelsea were far from their best, but once again they secured another three points to extend their lead at the top.

It could have been a different story though had referee Neil Swarbrick - who ignored a blatant penalty for Marcos Alonso's challenge on Abel Hernandez against Hull last month - awarded Swansea a spot-kick when the score was 1-1.

Cesar Azpilicueta clearly handled the ball when Sigurdsson showed a bit of magic and yet the official waved play on.

That was not the only thing to go the home side's way as it took a terrible keeper error to restore their lead.

Lukaku Fabianski had made some fine saves only to undo all the good work by letting Pedro's tame curler squirm underneath him.

Chelsea's closest challengers must watch events like this go in Chelsea's favour and think this team will never be caught.